Wordless Wednesday!

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We get this ... well, sort of! lol

From the Treasure Chest

Greetings, my fellow mermaids! I have a few new treasures to share with you. Since my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, I received some very beautiful gifts from my friends and family.

These two lovelies were from my friend, Deb ...

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And, my sister Aurora Skye took me out for a birthday lunch and blessed me with these awesome items! ...

A mermaid tail night light.

A pretty mermaid necklace. The blue one was from my sister and the one with the pearl was actually from my husband.

A fresh and sweet smelling large votive candle called, "Waterfall." Smells GREAT!!

And, a cute, sparkly mermaid tail keychain!
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Also, yesterday, I found a few more goodies to add to my treasure chest ....

Have a great rest of the weekend, friends and HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!!

Dragon Oil Bottle

Greetings, friends! In keeping with the theme of enhancing altars and crafting, I have added a couple of oil mixes specially made for dragon lovers to use for honoring and even spellwork if preferred.  

Dragon Oil:

Lavender essential oil – 3 drops

Bergamot essential oil – 5 drops

Patchouli essential oil – 6 drops

Clary Sage essential oil – 6 drops

Jasmine essential oil – 1 drop

Cinnamon essential oil - 3 drops

Carrier oil such as fractionated coconut oil or olive oil.

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Dragon's Hoard Oil:

This one is designed to help you find opportunity and resources.

1 part Clove

1 part Patchouli

3 parts Frankincense

1 part Pine

1 part Bergamot

(Source: https://lindaursin.net/library/welcome/potions-powders-olis-etc/oils/oil-recipes/)

I decorated my bottle with Dragon Glass (black obsidian), amethyst, malachite, and a dragon charm.

HAPPY CRAFTNG!

Mermaid Dust

Items needed:

One small bottle (any shape - star, round, heart, etc.)

Sea salt

Blue chalk and a small knife 

Blue glitter

Small seashells and/or small beads (optional)

Pour the sea salt (as much as you would like) and the blue glitter into the bottle and lightly shake to mix together (or mix separately before pouring into bottle). 

Scrape the blue chalk powder into the bottle with the sea salt mixture.

Add the small seashells and/or beads.

*Added suggestions: If you are able to find a seashell the right size to fit the lip of your bottle, you can use the shell instead of a cork - that is even better! And if you feel especially creative, you can also decorate the outside of the bottle with small gemstones, silver or goldtoned jewelry, or the like. Happy crafting, mermaids!! 

Mermaid Scrub

Today, I found a pretty cool recipe for a DIY mermaid scrub. It is simple and easy to make. The directions are as follows:

YOU WILL NEED:

One small jar, blue food coloring, 1 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup cold pressed coconut oil (refined), 5-7 drops of pure essential lavender oil.

In a bowl add the sugar, food coloring, coconut oil, lavender oil and mix well. Pour into the jar and  DONE!

(Source: https://thehomespunhydrangea.com/three-ingredient-mermaid-sugar-scrub-recipe/)

Wordless Wednesday!

Dragons: To follow or not to follow

"Dragons are intelligent, more intelligent than men according to some maesters. They have affection for their friends and fury for their enemies." ― Tyrion Lannister 

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I began reading about dragon lore a short time after I realized that I was not only born in The Year of the Dragon, but, inadvertently, that my chosen craft name had somewhat of a connection to them.

Recently; however, I have been hearing a lot about a tradition called, "Draconic Wicca." Now, I have been an ecclectic Wiccan practitioner for 25 years and as intriguing as this concept sounds, I honestly have no desire to incorporate dragons into my everyday practice. From what I have read in regards to it thus far, Draconic Wicca is fairly complex and, as with any disciplined practice, requires a lot of time and patience. There can be no self-doubt nor question what-so-ever in your mind that this is the path you wish and that what you are doing is absolutely necessary and for the good of all concerned (sound a bit familiar to any fellow Wiccans out there?). Furthermore, it requires a lot of self-reflection before even considering the idea of actually working with dragons ...

"Dragons will not work with a practitioner that ignores them. But one, who follows them to the best of their ability, earns the respect of Dragons and will have no problem working with them." ~ from the 'Draconic Code of Honor'

For those who may be interested in further reading, please click on the link below:

(Source: https://dragondreaming.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/draconic-wicca/)

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